Song · Nazareth
“Holiday” by Nazareth
From the album Malice in Wonderland (1980)
“Holiday” by Nazareth appears on 8 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1990 and 2024. It was first released in 1980 on the album Malice in Wonderland. Its best result is #418 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,355 classic rock song of all time.
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"Holiday" comes off Malice in Wonderland, the 1980 album Nazareth cut with Jeff "Skunk" Baxter producing, and Baxter shares the arranging credit with the band. Dan McCafferty takes the lead vocal, Pete Agnew plays bass and sings backup, Darrell Sweet drums, and the guitars belong to Manny Charlton and Zal Cleminson, with Cleminson also working a synthesizer into the mix. The song itself came from Agnew, Charlton, Cleminson and Sweet, with Kim King recording and Bruce Robb mixing.
Put out as a single, it squeaked onto the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 87, which made it the only Nazareth song besides "Love Hurts" to chart there. The video starred an arcade game, Super Road Champions, and AllMusic's Donald Guarisco singled the track out for praise when he wrote up the album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 418 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 858 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 711 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 688 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 858 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 933 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2023 | 898 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2024 | 456 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) | 500 |
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